10. Is there a ban on donations from corporations with government contracts to candidates?
Slovakia
P 9f, '35. Presidential candidates may receive private funding for his/her publicity campaign18 in the form of gifts and services free of charge, from permanent residents of the Slovak Republic, legal entitieshaving their registered seat in the Slovak Republic and from political parties and movementsregistered in the Slovak Republic.36. Few restrictions apply to the sources of this funding. Donations and services free of charge fromthe state, state bodies or self-governing bodies are explicitly prohibited, as are foreign donations (or at least in as far as the donors are not also resident in the Slovak Republic or are an entitywith its registered seat in the Slovak Republic).' (Source: GRECO (2008) Evaluation Report on the Slovak Republic, Transparency of Political Party Funding (Theme II))
'Article 5: Financing the Election Campaign fro the President of the Slovak Republic's Election (...) (4) The presidential candidate may not accept a donation or any other gratuitous service for the election campaign from: a) the state, the National Property Fund of the Slovak Republic, the Slovak Land Fund, a municipality, or a superiorterritorial unit. 4 b) a legal person whose founder or promoter is the state, the National Property Fund of the Slovak Republic, the Slovak Land Fund, a municipality, or a superior territorial unit. c) a legal person with the capital participation of the state, the National Property Fund of the Slovak Republic, the Slovak Land Fund, a municipality, or a superior territorial unit. ' (Source: Act No. 181/2014 Coll. on Election Campaigns and the Amending and Supplementing Act No. 85/2005 Coll. on Political Parties and Political Movements)
